St. Martin - An unforgettable talent piece and a confident prepared speech on women in politics secured 784 points for Christiana Denis who became St. Martin’s Senior Carnival Queen. The pageant was held on Friday night after a five year hiatus at

The Corporate Governance Council is a thorn in the side of Vice Prime Minister Theo Heyliger. For all DP-parliamentarian Leroy de Weever is concerned, the council could evaporate tomorrow and he would not lose a night sleep over it.
Politicians so

Dear Editor,
Nation building is a process and method that the builders have to use correctly for a country to be successful. The question is how a country should be built? The answer is the people.
Question number two is what must the people ha

St. Maarten – The Vocational Education Campaign launches a jingle competition today as part of its ongoing information campaign which is themed “Always Progressing”. The contest is open to everyone and is aimed at highlighting the campaign’s

St. Maarten - “There is obviously a serious intention on the part of both the University of the West Indies (Uwi) Open Campus and the Anguilla Community College (ACC) to cooperate with the University of St. Martin (USM). USM shares those intentions

St. Maarten - What a group of young basketball players learnt after spending eight hours with Donnie Arey and Will Graham last Saturday can last them a life time, because not every day windows of opportunity like that is possible. Arey, a coach from

St. Maarten - In the 2012 Softball season which is in its third week, the ladies in the Steelers team have displayed that they can be as determined as their male counterparts when they defeated the Survivors by 34 to 0, when the competition resumed l

St. Maarten - With a total of 41 teams registered, the Johan Cruijff Court, in Belvedere buzzed with activity on the opening day of the annual interscholastic soccer tournament last Saturday which was organized by the St Maarten Soccer Educational Fo

Maybe it’s just us, but we get the strong impression that there is something seriously amiss in the state of timeshare-land. One attorney told us recently that we ought to stop writing “one-sided stories about the timeshare industry.” We though

St. Maarten - In their effort to give something back to the community, International Liquors and Tobacco made a monetary contribution to Nature Foundation and La Reserve de Saint Martin, over the weekend. The funds were raised through the sale of a v

St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot Williams says that the nation is praying for the wellbeing and recovery of Prince Friso. The 43-year-old prince, who is the second son of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix, was temporarily buried in an avalanche in

St. Maarten - The La Savanna cricket team and the B&C Beverage Spartans have both advanced to the finals in their respective divisions after winning their semi final matches by huge margins when action in the RBTT Cup resumed over the weekend.

If it is true what attorneys for the Workers Institute For Organized Labor stated in court on Friday that the Simpson Bay Resort is employing illegals via manpower agencies to replace the fired Wifol-members and that the labor inspection and immigrat

St. Maarten – Parliament has six hearings and meetings planned for this week including Civil Claims and Bankruptcy today. Representative of the Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Bar Association will be present for the parliamentary hearing

St. Maarten – Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams has welcomed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and Haiti. The agreement stipulates areas in which Caricom can assist Haiti.
“I welcome the

St. Maarten – Sale and lease agreements were the hottest topic at the recent first annual meeting of the Real Estate Association St. Maarten (Ram). The 40 realtors who attended the session at the Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort peppered Peter van Do

Union demands adherence to collective labor agreement
St. Maarten – This Thursday Judge Mr. René van Veen will rule on a lawsuit against the Simpson Bay Resort Management company and the Royal Resorts Management Company. At stake is a demand by

St. Maarten – Without continued financing from the Antillean co-financing organization Amfo – or from alternative sources – the majority of the sixteen NGO-projects in St. Maarten would have to reduce their current activities to 30 percent.

St. Maarten - The police force began investigating what may have been a shooting incident in front of the government administration building on Thursday. The Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson says that a female officer who is assisting with training re

Defense says arrests were unjustified
St. Maarten – Two suspects from Anguilla are facing a 3-year prison sentence for an armed robbery on a couple on the Boardwalk in the early morning of January 1 of this year. The Court in First Instance will

GREAT BAY - The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) begins sale of its season passes for Carnival 2012 this Saturday. People can register and pay for the passes at the SCDF’s temporary office located in the parking lot at the rear of

St. Maarten – Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (Epic) organizes another bird walk tomorrow morning at Le Galion on the French side.
“If you have ever wondered, “What is that bird?” this is your chance to find out,” epic stated i

BELVEDERE – The involvement of citizens in neighborhood activities is extremely low – around 30 percent. This appears from a survey Piet Lucas did in ten neighborhoods for the Department of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations (Bak). The complete r

The defendant who was in court yesterday morning for ill-treating his now ex-wife, represents the top of a very ugly iceberg. As the prosecutor in the case said: domestic violence is a big problem in St. Maarten.
We’d say: domestic violence is a

Vice Prime Minister Theo Heyliger created the impression at Wednesday’s press briefing that St. Maarten is entitled to 183 million guilders in debt relief – at least to the part that remains after the Netherlands covered 60 million in debts to th

St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance sentenced Dwain Sylvio Meyers to a 4-month conditional prison sentence with 3 years of probation for ill-treating his now ex-wife on June 20 of last year. Meyers also has to do 120 hours of community servic

THE NETHERLANDS/St.Maarten - Students who do not fall under Student Support Services St.Maarten (S-4) in the Netherlands are being invited to take advantage of the services offered at St.Maarten House in The Hague. Renewing calls to connect with the

The conviction of Riviere George for the murder of his sister Angie Leblanc marks an interesting development in criminal investigation, because the appeals court accepted evidence provided by a so-called threatened witness.
The court can grant this

Dear Editor,
Paying teachers with the same diploma differently (teacher’s appraisal program) is a very bad idea. Teachers should not work harder for some extra dollars. They should work hard because they love their job and they love the children

Scotia Bank sponsors calendar again
GREAT BAY - The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) released its official St. Maarten Carnival 2012 schedule on Thursday, outlining two weeks of mostly local events and concerts from the opening

St. Maarten – Leader of the Democratic Party Sarah Wescot-Williams and leader of the United People’s Party Theo Heyliger confirmed Wednesday that members of parliament from their respective parties had participated in weekend discussions on motio

St. Maarten - Claudette “CP” Peters, an Antiguan born singer/songwriter/performer who is best known for songs such as Something’s got a hold on me’, ‘All I know’ and ‘Flaunt it’, is set to perform on March 3 in Marigot for the St. Maa

Dear Editor,
It is my privilege to acknowledge some of my native people of St. Maarten heritage for making their life worthwhile and standing in defense of other people even while some of those people are criticizing them. I give lots of respect

St. Maarten - WazzUpp TV, the locally produced magazine show has been picked up by the regional cable network, Caribvision. The Caribbean Media Corporation’s (CMC) 24-hour cable channel was launched in August 2006, in efforts to deliver quality pro

Curacao/St. Maarten – Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Liesbeth Spies has urged the government of St. Maarten to act more responsibly in assisting St. Eustatius and Saba. The call is part of a statement at the end of her introductory